Non-refillable bottle.



No. 766,174. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904 O. L. FISHER & W. W. HOLSTON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIGATION FILED OCT. 31, 1903.

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OZIAS L. FISHER, OF \VHITEPINE. AND \VILLIAM \V. HOLSTON, OF MORRISTOiV N, TENNESSEE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,174, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed October 31, 1903. Serial No. 179,300. No model.)

To all [Uh/07H, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OZIAS L. FIsHER, residing at W'hitepine, in the county of Jefferson, and \VILLIAM \V. HOLS'ION, residing at Morristown, in the county of Hamblen, State of Tennessee, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The salient feature of the present invention is to devise novel means for preventing the reuse of bottles or like necked receptacles after the same have once been emptied of their contents, there by protecting the manufacturer or concern of a particular brand of goods and insuring the consumer obtaining the genuine article when purchasing goods of a well-known and established brand.

\Vithin the spirit of the invention the neck of the bottle, package, or like receptacle is provided at its inner end with a valve-seat and intermediate of its ends with an inner shoulder, a valve arranged within the neck to close downward on said seat, a spring-holder retained within the neck by engagement with the inner shoulder thereof, and a spring normally holding the valve seated and mounted upon telescoping stems of said valve and spring-holder and prevented from molestation by means of a guard applied to the stem of the spring-holder, all as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Referring to the drawings hereto attached and forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the upper portion of a bottle, illustrating the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, having the cork removed and the bottle turned so as to pour off the liquid contents. Fig. is a section on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a detail perspective view of the valve, springholder, guard, and cooperating spring.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The bottle or receptacle 1 may be of any design or structural type and is provided with vided intermediate of the ends of the neck, I

and the spring-holder 6 engages thereunder to retain the parts in place after being pressed into the neck of the package.

The valve 4t may be of any construction so long as it obtains a close joint upon the seat 3 and is adapted to open upward within the neck 2, so as to permit the outflow of the contents of the package when the latter is tilted from the vertical about as shown in Fig. 2. The stem 7 projects upward from the valve 4: and is preferably tubular, so as to receive a corresponding stem 8, pendent from the springholder 6 and arranged to telescope within the stem 7. The stems of the respective parts at and (5 may be integral therewith or applied thereto in any desired manner.

The spring-holder 6 consists of a blank of spring sheet material, metal being preferred, and is of disk form, its peripheral edge portion being notched at intervals to provide a plurality of flexible portions 9, which readily admit of the disk being cupped when pressed into the neck of the bottle or package, said notches also providing outlets for the contents of the package, thereby performing a dual function. A light spring 10 normally exerts a downward pressure upon the valves to hold it seated, but which is adapted to yield to admit of the contents of the bottle passing out therefrom when turned from the vertical. To prevent any one tampering with the spring 10 so as to hold the valve open, a guard 11 is applied to the stem 8 and is located a short distance below the guard 6 and is preferably of disk form and dowmvardly cupped, so as to increase the difliculty of reaching the spring by the insertion of a wire or otherinstrument into the neck and through one of the notches of the spring-holder.

The valve t and guard 11 are of such relative diameter as to pass readily through the neck of the bottle when inserting the attachment therein. The spring-holder 6 being of slightly greater diameter than the mouth of the neck, force is required to press the same into the neck, and during this operation the holder is cupped or deflected from a normal position, and after the shoulder 5 has been cleared the peripheral edge portion springs outward and engages under said shoulder, thereby preventing withdrawal or outward displacement of the c'ontrivance. It is to be understood that the bottle is filled preliminary to introducing the safety attachment therein, and after said attachment has been placed in position the bottle or package is sealed in the accustomed way by forcing the cork 12 into the upper portion of the neck, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a bottle or analogous necked receptacle having a valve-seat at the inner end of the neck and an inner shoulder intermediate of the ends, a valve arranged to close downward on said seat and provided with a stem, a spring holder adapted to be compressed when forced into the neck of the bottle and adapted to spring outward and engage under the inner shoulder thereof and having a stem to telescope with the stern of the valve, a light spring mounted upon the telescoping stems and normally exerting a pressure to hold the valve seated, and a guard applied to the stem of the spring-holder and arranged a distance therebelow and constituting a point of resistance for the upper end of said spring, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a bottle or analogous receptacle having a neck provided at its inner end with a valve-seat and intermediate of its ends with an inner annular shoulder, a valve arranged to close downward on said seat, a spring-holder having its peripheral portion notched at intervals to provide aplurality of outlets and flexible portions, said holder being adapted to be compressed when introduced into the neck of the bottle and adapted to engage under the inner shoulder thereof, said spring-holder having a pendent stern, a cupped guard secured to said stem a short distance below the spring-holder, and a light spring interposed between the guard and valve, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

()ZIAS L. FISHER. [L.;S.] WILLIAM W. HOLSTON. [h s] \Vitnesses:

SYD HAVELY, J. DAN NAE. 

